Hidalgo County

 

County Facts

Location:Brooks County is in the Rio Grande Plain region south of Corpus Christi on U. S. Highway 281. Bounded by: Duval and Jim Wells counties on the north, on the east by Kleberg and Kenedy counties, on the south by Hidalgo and Starr counties, and on the west by Jim Hogg County.
People Map Stats Brooks County Texas
Population, 2000 7,976 20,851,820
Population, 2003 estimate 7,793 22,016,911
Population, net change, 1990 to 2003 -411 5,030,576
Population, net change, 2000 to 2003 -183 1,165,091
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2003 -5% 29.6%
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2003 -2.3% 5.6%
Population under 5 years old, 2000 662 1,624,628
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.3% 7.8%
Population 65 years old and over, 2000 1,150 2,072,532
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.4% 9.9%
Persons under 18 years old, 2000 2,517 5,886,759
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 31.6% 28.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.5% 50.4%
White persons, 2000 (a) 6,049 14,799,505
Black or African American persons, 2000 (a) 15 2,404,566
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (a) 37 118,362
Asian persons, 2000 (a) 7 562,319
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (a) 6 14,434
Persons reporting some other race, 2000 (a) 1,721 2,438,001
Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 141 514,633
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (b) 7,304 6,669,666
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 75.8% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 21.6% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.8% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 91.6% 32.0%
Births, 1997 146 333,974
Deaths, 1997 81 142,776
Infant deaths, 1997 0 2,150
Food Stamp program participants, 2002 2,281 1,582,547
TANF program participants , 2002 550 330,418
Family Violence,  Residents & Non-residents, 2002 17 72,646
Medicaid Eligibles, 2002    
                     Families & Children 1,523 1,388,046
                     Aged & Disabled 1,020 687,722
Long-Term Care Information, 2002    
                     Nursing Facilities 62 64,982
                      Medicaid Related 484 122,057
                     Non-Medicaid Related 29 15,802
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, persons age 5+, 2000 5,264 9,545,367
Foreign born persons, 2000 488 2,899,642
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000 5,692 6,010,753
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 77.7% 31.2%
High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 2,352 9,676,332
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 49.9% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, persons age 25+, 2000 323 2,972,293
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 6.8% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,935 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 18.3 25.4
Housing units, 2000 3,203 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.0% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $34,600 $82,500
Households, 2000 2,711 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.92 2.74
Median household money income, 2000 $19,942 $39,090
Per capita money income, 2000 $10,234 $19,617
Median earnings (dollars)    
              Male, 2000 23,051 34,925
              Female, 2000 16,103 26,168
Persons below poverty, 2000 2,739 3,041,115
Persons below poverty, percent, 2000 36% 14.6%
People Under Age 18 in Poverty, 2000 1,097 1,237,626
People Under Age 18 in poverty, percent, 2000 45.8% 20.7%

 

Business MapStats Brooks County Texas
Personal income, 1997 ($1000) 106,100 459,585,481
Personal income per capita, 1997 12,592 23,707
Civilian labor force, 2002 3,531 10,750,664
Unemployment, 2002 263 6,80,864
Unemployment rate, 2002 7.4 6.3
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 1997 3,167 11,238,887
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 1990 to 1997 205 1,952,213
Employment in government, 1997 597 1,631,335
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 147 467,087
Change in private nonfarm establishments, 1990 to 1999 8 72,605
Private nonfarm establishments, percent change 1990-1999 5.8% 18.4%
Private nonfarm estabs with less than 20 employees, 1999 131 398,194
Total number of firms, 1997 483 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, 1997 263 365,450
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 54.5% 23.9%
Women-owned firms, 1997 F 381,453
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 25.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 297,657,003
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 29,848 122,156,540
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,574 $9,430
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3 141,231
Value of new private housing units, 2000 111 15,418,421
Farm land, 1997 (acres) 458,487 131,308,286
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 64,105

123,431,163

 

Geography MapStats Brooks County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 943 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 8.5 79.6
Metropolitan Area None  

 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

Figures are in absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau,
             State comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas State Data Center, Texas Workforce Commission.

 

 

Demographic and Socio-economic Profile: 2000 publications

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SF1 Data Download

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Map Files

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External Links

Brooks County Government

Costal Bend Council of Government

More datasets from the US Government's Fed Stats

Handbook of Texas Online for Brooks County

Texas Highway Maps for Brooks County